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--></style></head><body lang="DA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Just wanted to add a little information on my problem: the debug log show definite problems with mounting the files system, I do hope someone can tell me what I might be doing wrong here?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,573 PID: 10056 node.py:606 - INFO - Starting NFS server on master</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,704 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,706 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - utility, e.g. service portmap start</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,711 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,717 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,719 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start portmap</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,884 PID: 10056 __init__.py:540 - DEBUG - command 'mount -t rpc_pipefs sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/' failed with status 32</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,891 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: sunrpc already mounted or /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/ busy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:33,897 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: according to mtab, rpc_pipefs is already mounted on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,131 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - * Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,137 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - ...done.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,142 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - * Starting NFS kernel daemon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,142 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - ...done.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,144 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - exportfs: scandir /etc/exports.d: No such file or directory</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,144 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,308 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - exportfs: scandir /etc/exports.d: No such file or directory</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,313 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,315 PID: 10056 node.py:577 - INFO - Configuring NFS exports path(s):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">/home</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,815 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - exportfs: scandir /etc/exports.d: No such file or directory</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,821 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,828 PID: 10056 clustersetup.py:313 - INFO - Mounting all NFS export path(s) on 2 worker node(s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,828 PID: 10056 threadpool.py:135 - DEBUG - unfinished_tasks = 2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,967 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,973 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - utility, e.g. service portmap start</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,980 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,983 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,983 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start portmap</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,984 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,990 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - utility, e.g. service portmap start</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:34,997 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,003 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,005 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start portmap</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,154 PID: 10056 __init__.py:540 - DEBUG - command 'mount -t devpts none /dev/pts' failed with status 32</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,160 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: none already mounted or /dev/pts busy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,165 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: according to mtab, devpts is already mounted on /dev/pts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,176 PID: 10056 __init__.py:540 - DEBUG - command 'mount -t devpts none /dev/pts' failed with status 32</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,176 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: none already mounted or /dev/pts busy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,187 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - mount: according to mtab, devpts is already mounted on /dev/pts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,328 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - /dev/xvda1 on / type ext4 (rw)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,328 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,329 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,331 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,349 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - /dev/xvda1 on / type ext4 (rw)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,349 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,349 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,349 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,351 PID: 10056 __init__.py:543 - DEBUG - none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,575 PID: 10056 __init__.py:284 - DEBUG - new /etc/fstab after removing regex ( /home ) matches:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs / ext4 defaults 0 0</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,588 PID: 10056 __init__.py:284 - DEBUG - new /etc/fstab after removing regex ( /home ) matches:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs / ext4 defaults 0 0</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:35,836 PID: 10056 threadpool.py:135 - DEBUG - unfinished_tasks = 2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:36,838 PID: 10056 threadpool.py:135 - DEBUG - unfinished_tasks = 2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2012-08-02 15:06:37,838 PID: 10056 utils.py:93 - INFO - Setting up NFS took 0.071 mins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Anders Nielsen</span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Anders Nielsen [mailto:<a href="mailto:an@biomediq.com">an@biomediq.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23. august 2012 21:11<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:starcluster@mit.edu">starcluster@mit.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [StarCluster] EBS storage does not mount <newbie></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am a newbie and am just getting my feet wet on StarCluster and AWS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have successfully installed 0.93.3 on Windows and associated it with my AWS login. I can create clusters and I have used the documented way of created an EBS store for use by my application. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My problem is that none of the instances in the cluster will mount the EBS and the master complains about it having more than one partition. It was created according to the method here: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/star/cluster/docs/latest/manual/volumes.html#create-and-format-a-new-ebs-volume">http://web.mit.edu/star/cluster/docs/latest/manual/volumes.html#create-and-format-a-new-ebs-volume</a> – and to the best of my knowledge correctly so. I think I am doing all the things I am supposed to do, but obviously I am missing something. The configuration file is attached but it does not seem to be causing StarCluster any problems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The runtime output is however not so great:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">C:\Windows\System32>starcluster start imagingcluster</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">StarCluster - (<a href="http://web.mit.edu/starcluster">http://web.mit.edu/starcluster</a>) (v. 0.93.3)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please submit bug reports to <a href="mailto:starcluster@mit.edu">starcluster@mit.edu</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Using default cluster template: smallcluster</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Validating cluster template settings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Cluster template settings are valid</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">>>> Starting cluster...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Launching a 3-node cluster...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Creating security group @sc-imagingcluster...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Reservation:r-953beddd</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Waiting for cluster to come up... (updating every 30s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Waiting for all nodes to be in a 'running' state...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Waiting for SSH to come up on all nodes...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Waiting for cluster to come up took 1.383 mins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> The master node is <a href="http://ec2-46-137-154-117.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com">ec2-46-137-154-117.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">>>> Setting up the cluster...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Attaching volume vol-ae98c1c6 to master node on /dev/sdz ...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring hostnames...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">!!! ERROR - volume has more than one partition, please specify which partition t</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">o use (e.g. partition=0, partition=1, etc.) in the volume's config</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Creating cluster user: None (uid: 1001, gid: 1001)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring scratch space for user(s): qadmin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring /etc/hosts on each node</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3/3 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Starting NFS server on master</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring NFS exports path(s):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">/home /mr_data</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Mounting all NFS export path(s) on 2 worker node(s)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">!!! ERROR - command 'mount /mr_data' failed with status 32 | 0%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">!!! ERROR - command 'mount /mr_data' failed with status 32</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2/2 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Setting up NFS took 0.145 mins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring passwordless ssh for root</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring passwordless ssh for qadmin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">>>> Shutting down threads...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">20/20 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Configuring cluster took 0.889 mins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> Starting cluster took 2.375 mins</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A clue could be that when I sshmaster in, the /dev looks very odd as sda etc. are missing:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">root@master:~# ls -l /dev/s*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/shm->/run/shm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/snapshot</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/stderr-> /proc/self/fd/2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/stdin->/proc/self/fd/0</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/stdout -> proc/self/fd/1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">However is seems that the disks are not sda1/sdz but xvd1 and xvdz:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">root@master:~# ls -l /dev/x*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ls -l /dev/x*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">brw-rw---- 1 root disk 202, 1 2012-08-23 18:44 /dev/xvda1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">brw-rw---- 1 root disk 202, 400 2012-08-23 18:45 /dev/xvdz</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Would that trip up StarCluster?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">BTW, does anybody know why the output from the ssh session via Python SSH are all filled by garbage control characters? The outputs above I had to clean manually for it to be readable) – remember: total newbie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All and any help is much appreciated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anders Nielsen</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>